Andis 24145 Speed Master 2 Clipper, Chrome

 (65 customer reviews)

I'm not a barber and have never had much success cutting my own hair because it would never look even, the clippers would "pull" my hair and everyone would ask me if I cut my hair this time. :( I had been using the Andis 'Easy Cut' model ($19.95) at the local beauty supply store. I decided to upgrade and began studying every possible option on Amazon. After an exhausting search, I decided on the Speedmaster II. I've been using these weekly for about 7 months now, enough time to give them a decent review for anyone considering this model.

The Pros:
-They Cut Even! Even on a lopsided head. (not mine of course...)
-They don't "Pull" due to the 4X power. No mo snags on the tea bags!
-The ceramic blades cut as good or better than steel blades but the don't
get hot at all.
-They come with 9 attachments to cut all lengths of hair from Kojak to Ronald
McDonald (whatever happened to him anyway?...)
-They look Beautiful! They look better than all...Read more

I had an old Wahl clipping set that came with scissors, oil, comb, length attachments etc that finally died a couple months ago. It didn't suddenly die, it was making increasing amounts of noise due to a bad design where the screws holding the top blade would get oiled up and become loose from the vibration. Near the end of its life, it would get loose very quickly and I would tap it against my stone counter top and it would stop making noise for a minute; this process was repeated over and over. Eventually, however, the noise got so bad and came back so quickly that I got frustrated and smashed the clippers into several pieces. While this was gratifying in the moment, I was left in a lurch with half a haircut. My wife did her best to do the rest with scissors, but I looked like an idiot. Anyway, I researched a bit and came across several models by Andis, which were lauded for their high-quality construction. The recency of my debacle with the Wahl clippers made me steer away from...Read more

i am a barber for 12 ytears and i must say this is one of my best clippers it works quicker on wet, dry or thick hair no job too tough for this baby.